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replacing leno with jimmy fallon on the tonight show next week. the fallon kamp is staying quiet these years. he may even move back to new york. dino abdallah dean obeidallah. well, i can remember him nervously holding the guitar and talking for a moment or two and i stau whole trajectory of a guy becoming an unknown to a star and about to take the seat of the basically the king of comedy and you dream as a comedian just to be on the tonight show e let alone the host it.
we talked for a minute or two. and i saw this whole trajectory of a guy who went from unknown, becoming a star on the show now to about to take the seat of basically the king of comedy. you dream as a comedian just to be on the tonight show let alone to host it. jimmy is a truly nice guy, unbelievably talented. i think it s going to work out. i think mid america is going to like it as much as people in the cities. he s like a young johnny carson. what i don t understand and correct me if i m wrong, the ratings for jay leno are still very strong. he s number one. he beats all of them. why change horses in midstream if he s still doing okay? he s number one when you see the ratings. but in advertising sales, it s gone down a lot from the las few years because it s not doing as well. he s beating letterman. they re concerned about the future. they re concerned about jimmy kimmel.
basically the king of comedy. you dream as a comedian just to be on the tonight show let alone to host it. jimmy is a truly nice guy, unbelievably talented. i think it s going to work out. i think mid america is going to like it as much as people in the cities. he s like a young johnny carson. what i don t understand and correct me if i m wrong, the ratings for jay leno are still very strong. he s number one. he beats all of them. why change horses in midstream if he s still doing okay? he s number one when you see the ratings. but in advertising sales, it s gone down a lot from the last few years because it s not doing as well. he s beating letterman. they re concerned about the future. they re concerned about jimmy kimmel. i love kimmel. that s the concern from nbc. that jimmy kimmel is going to take the young people. it s now, wait a few more years for jay or do it now. i reached out to people at jimmy